Dokku Shōshi 獨吼性獅 (1624-1688) Calligraphy: Shōin yūkoku yori shōzu 松韻生幽谷 (The Sound of Pines Rises from a Dark Valley) Edo period (1615-1868), mid-late 17th century (2)
Dokku Shōshi 獨吼性獅 (1624-1688) Calligraphy: Shōin yūkoku yori shōzu 松韻生幽谷 (The Sound of Pines Rises from a Dark Valley)
Edo period (1615-1868), mid-late 17th centuryKakejiku (hanging scroll), ink on paper in silk mounts; lacquered wood jiku (roller ends)Signed ōbaku Dokku Dōjin sho 黄檗獨吼道人書 (Written by Dokku Dōjin of ōbaku) with seals at top left Seirai ichimyaku 西來一脈 (A single tradition from the West) and at bottom right Shōshi 性師 and Dokku 独吼 Overall: 201.3cm x 45cm (79?in x 17?in); Image: 128cm x 36.5cm (50 3/8in x 14 3/8in) (2).
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The box inscribed ōbaku Kanshōin kaizan Dokku Shōshi zenji sho 黄檗漢松院開山獨吼性獅禅師書 (Calligraphy by Priest Dokku Shōshi, founder of the Kanshōin sub-temple at ōbaku)A native of Fujian Province in China, in 1643 Dokku Shōshi became a disciple of Ingen, accompanying him to Japan in 1654 and becoming Abbot of the Manpukuji Temple at Uji in 1662.